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370. Scotiaptex cinereum t (Ill/111.]. (inuw‘r (iiuv ()wL. xiv/.vXo car~tul'ts. size \ et‘)‘ large: upper parts t'nscous. everywhere mottled with white, and with little or no butl'y; facial disk gray. barred with black; under parts white. the breast broadly streaked, the belly and sides irregularly barred and streaked with fuseous; legs and feet heavily feathered; hill and eyes yellow. 1...“:7-01); \V.‘ 1760; '1‘” 1-1-00.

Irving/v. rlit'eeds from Hudson Bay northward. and wanders southward in winter to the northern border of the l‘nited States.

('anila'iilee, very rare and irregular W. V.

Next. in coniferous trees. [ix/ya. two to four, 2'16 x 1'71.

“Dr. Dall considers it a stupid bird, and states that sometimes it may be caught in the hands. Its great predilection for thick woods, in which it dwells doubtless to the very limit of trees. prevents it from being an inhabitant of the barren grounds or other open country in the north. . . .

“ The note of this Owl is said to be a tremulous, vibrating sound, somewhat resembling that of the Screech Owl. . . .

“Of 9 stomachs examined, 1 contained a small bird; 7, mice; and 4 other mammals" (Fisher).

37].. Nyctala tengmalmi richardsoni i Handpi. Ricii.\imso_\"s Own. .vIvI.——t'pper parts gra_\ish brown and the head and baek s/mltml with white: tail with fonror tive imperfect white bars: under parts white, heavily streaked with grayish brown: legs and feet heavily feathered, whitish. barred with grayish brown; eyes yellow. lm. flipper parts dark einntnnoiebrown, with a few more or less concealed white spots: tail as in the ad.; breast like the back: belly oehraeeous-lnttf. L..10‘1I0: \\',. 6‘75; T, 4'4”.

li’anlz/c.”Northern North America; south in winter to the northern l7nited States.

AVA-f. in holes in trees or in old nest». of other birds i_.’-,. [fl/51x. three to seven.1‘:‘,;’i x 1‘14.

“ Richardson‘s Owl is nocturnal in its habits. remaining.r quiet dur- ing: the day in the thick foliage of the trees or bushes. In fact, its vision is apparently so affected by bright light that many specimens have, been *aptured alive by persons walking up and taking them in their hands. On this account the Eskimo in Alaska have given it the name of ‘blind one.”

“ The. song of this Owl, accordingr to Dr. Merriam (Bull. Nuttall Ornith. (‘lnb. vol. vii. 1882. p. 237). is a low, liquid note that rescin- bles the sound produced by water slowly dropping from It height" (Fisher).

372. Nyctala, acadica. (Hind/i SAw—wmc'r Owi.: Armin OWL. xiv/.Wl‘ppcr parts dark ('llllltlllltillil)l‘1)\\'ll. the head finely slrml‘r‘tl, the back Alto/tail with white; tail with three or four imperfect white. bars: under parts white. heavily streaked with einnanionilmiwn or dark rufons: legs and feet